Person: Amyntas son of Hellanikos from Eresos? (Lesbos)
| Person ID: | 1059 | |
| Name: | Amyntas | |
| Father's Name: | Hellanikos | |
| Place of Origin: | Eresos? (Lesbos) | |
| Date Range: | -200 to -150 | |
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| Comment: | Not completely certain whether Pausanias (6.4.5) wrote Ἐρέσιος or Ἐφέσιος. The competitions for boy pankratiasts were introduced only at the 145th Olympiad (=200 BC), hence the terminus post quem. Polykles, a sculptor of the Attic school, made the statue of Amyntas and might be identified with the famous Athenian sculptor mentioned by Pliny the Elder (NH 34.52). His art flourished around the years 156-153 BC; Moretti therefore suggests Amyntas' victory to have taken place at the 156th Olympiad (=156 BC). Strictly speaking, Pausanuas does not mention any victory, but only refers to Amyntas as a 'boy pankratiast'. [DvdL] |